Abstract by
I. D. Berg (joint with J. R. Alexander and R. Foote)
UIUC
Perimeter in H2, S2, E2.
We have for a convex body in H2 established L(g) = ò2p0 hE(j)dj where hE is the Euclidean distance in the Beltrami-Klein model to the right-hand support line, our Projective Cauchy formula. We obtain the polar form, L(g) = ò2p0 sinh2r[dw/ ds] dq º ò2p0 Kg [(sinh2rcoshr)/(cosh2r)] dq in the smooth case (which is easily adapted to the convex case). This formula is intrinsic and adapts to S2 (and of course, E2) immediately. We contrast this and equivalent characterizations, some classical, with our non-equivalent (saving E2) Minkowski form, L(g) = ò2p0 Kg([(L(r))/(2p)])2 dq+ K òg[(A(r))/(2p)] ds, where L(r), A(r) are respectively circumference and included area of circle of radius r9
Tuesday, October 19, 1999, 2:00 p.m.  - 243 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR

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